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Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Member
Username: Mitch_alsup
Post Number: 812
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 10:21 am: | |
My thoughts:
Stay on street compound tires (e.g. max performance) until you are within 10-12 seconds of the lap record (for that track; and for your vehicle class) on r-compound tires. This gives you plenty of time to learn a) high performance driving, b) cornering adhesion, c) vehicular dynamics, d) driving craft, e) feel of the car. You will learn faster, safer, and it will take less energy to participate in a day at the track. |
Dennis (Bighead)
Junior Member
Username: Bighead
Post Number: 156
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 11:08 pm: | |
I agree with Dave. Bob, start with your street tires. The R-compounds are a nice compromise, especially if you're not towing to the track -- you really shouldn't be driving pure racing slicks to and from the track, even in SoCal.
Otherwise, everyone pretty much uses Pirelli P-Zero racing slicks. D1-D4 indicate the relative softness of the compounds. Lots of people use cast-away slicks from the Challenge series, for short money, but Pirelli has been cracking down on this practice.
vty,
--Dennis |
Dave (Maranelloman)
Intermediate Member
Username: Maranelloman
Post Number: 2075
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 8:24 pm: | |
Try R-compound tires such as the Michelin Pilot Sport Cups, Kumho V700's, Toyo RA-1, or Yokohama A032-R's. All are DOT-legal, meaning they arelegal to be driven on the street, i.e., to & from the track, etc. (although some are borderline suicidal in the wet...) You can find all but Toyo's at TireRack. A good place for Toyo's is Vilven Tire.
A word of advice from an experienced track driver, however: if you are a relative track novice, learn your skills on street tires BEFORE moving to track compounds such as these. You will learn much better car control skills, and will learn the car's limits much more effectively, with street tires. Track tires are too good at covering novice mistakes to be a useful learning tool...and when they lose grip, they usually give no warning, unlike street tires. Not a good trait if you are at the low side of the learning curve!!
Enjoy!! |
Robert Ziino (F355bob)
Junior Member
Username: F355bob
Post Number: 69
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 4:19 pm: | |
What size and brand of track tires are best for the F355? I have stock rims and a set of HRE that are 18x9 and 18x10.5 Track time will not be all out racing but timed track events and drivers ed type events |
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